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Tanypteryx
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Message 12 of 182 (599735)
01-10-2011 10:58 AM


That there are no green stars even though there is green light in their spectrum.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

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Message 16 of 182 (599741)
01-10-2011 11:14 AM


In junior high, our science teacher did the experiment of putting ice water in a bell jar and pumping it down. No one in the class predicted it would boil.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

  
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Message 36 of 182 (599940)
01-11-2011 4:55 PM


When I was about 5 years old another kid told me about Antarctica and that it and the South Pole were covered with ice. I was sure he was lying because I knew that "the birds" flew south, where it was warmer, for the winter. (The same kid told me about sex, but none of that turned out to be true).
A bit later Admiral Byrd became one of my heros.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

  
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Message 43 of 182 (599952)
01-11-2011 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by Dr Adequate
01-11-2011 5:16 PM


Luckily, when we fly we are protected by the body of the airplane. I remember reading somewhere that birds have been known to burst into flames if they fly too high and all those satellites are part of the NASA conspiracy.

Tactimatically speaking, the molecubes are out of alignment. -- S.Valley
What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley

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